Election Security Debate Heats Up Over Mail-In Ballots

Election Security Debate Heats Up Over Mail-In Ballots
An election worker opens envelopes containing vote-by-mail ballots for the Washington state primary, at King County Elections in Renton, Wash., on Aug. 3, 2020. JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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How to conduct the approaching Nov. 3 and subsequent elections has itself become a political issue after a spate of recent high-profile incidents of significantly delayed ballots and other electoral mishaps have drawn attention to problems associated with voting-by-mail.

President Donald Trump has spoken out against voting-by-mail, saying it lacks many of the safeguards of voting in person and can lead to big delays in arriving at an election’s final result.